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VOLUME XV
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
this: national capital
**- -* ««*•—
Heads of the Government.
tion Thnrsday’s statement of the condi
of the treasury shows: Availa
ble cash balance, $191,211,193; gold
reserve, $1 »* * 1,123.
An amicable agreement has been
reached between the immigration
in: >•/,%.u of the treasury department
and the Plant Steamship Company,
and the seven cigar makers ordered
deported from Tampa, Fla., have been
returned to Havana.
The first installment of the exhibit
of the agricultural department at the
Atlanta exposition was shipped from
WashingU- U> that city Saturdav,
several ca ing necessary to carry
the freig. It is the intention of
Secretary Morton that his depar mont
exhibit shall outshine all others.
Commissioner of Indian affairs
Browning has forwarded a dispatch to
Agent Teter at the Fort Hull, Idaho,
agency, Indians instructing him to order the
now on the warpath to return
to their reservations quietly aud
peacefully before the military detach¬
ment ordered to the scene reaches
there.
Gold coin to the amount of $120,
000 was withdrawn from the snhtreas
ury at New York, Saturday, to be sent
to Canada. It was paid in greenbacks
and assay office cheeks. J. H. II. Nesa
lage, of the former firm of Nesalage,
Colgate & Co., states that the gold
shipment contemplated before tho dis¬
solution of the firm has been canceled,
all reports to the contrary being erron¬
eous.
Secretary Carlisle is angry over the
alleged interview with himself, pub¬
lished in the Richmond ,S '(ate, in which
he was made to say that Mr. Cleveland
Would not be “a willing candidate”
for a third term, and that the secre¬
tary “did not want” the nomination.
The interview was writteu by the edi¬
tor of the Slate, who is an internal
revenue collector. He called on Mr.
Carlisle in his official capacity, and
whaiuv, Ms Car lisle., said was not for
publication. Two days afterwards the
alleged interview appeared.
Secretary Herbert has disposed of
all matters requiring his immediate
attention aud will at once begin his
vacation, turning the navy depart¬
ment over to the care of Assistant Sec¬
retary McAdoo. ne will leave Wash¬
ington on the dispatch boat Dolphin
for a tour of inspection on the Atlantic
coast. He will be accompanied by
his son and Lieutenant Reamey, his
naval aide. While away he will visit
New York, the Newport torpedo sta¬
tion, New London, Boston and Ports¬
mouth. Ho will also see the president
at Gray Gables.
If T , reports , from , Washington . are cor
reel, the secretary of the interior has
been persuaded that it is his duty to
comply with the act of congress
August is said to be the date fixed for
allowing settlers to enter the lands and
take homesteads. I he cause for the
delay , 1 , it -x is • claimed, i . -j , has . been xv. tho do- i
sire of the secro ary to keep m the
treasury the $600 000 tnat congress
agreed topayhe Hul-ansas he first
installment of the $1,600 000 they are
to receive for their rights. The hez
Perces j reservation lies on the western a
border , of , the ., state , , of , T Idaho, i v ,
mid vay between its northern and
southern limits. It contains about
'500,000 acres of land, most of which
• said to be the choicest . . , • the ,,
is among m
state.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
Commissioner of Iniernnl Revenue
Miller has submitted his preliminary
report for the fiscal year ended June
I7th.
G The total receipts from all sources
of internal revenue for tbe year were
$143,245,977, a decrease for the fiscal
year just ended of $3,922,471 as com¬
pared with the year 1894.
The expenses of this bureau for the
fiscal year ended June 30th, 1895, will
approximate $4,068,253 and deducting
this from the disbursements made in
connection with the assessment and
payment of the bounty on sugar
amounting to $10,391, the net cost of
collecting will be about $4,037,861.
The exact amount expended for the
collection of internal revenue cannot
be ascertained exactly until all accounts
of collectors for the fiscal year are re¬
ceived and adjusted.
No More Seed.
Secretary Morton’s antagonism to
the existence of the seed division of
the agricultural department reached
its logical conclusion Saturday in an
order abolishing the division, to take
effect Getober 1st, by which date W.
E. Fagan, chief of the division, by the
same order is directed to have its work
wound up.
The abolishing of the seed division
will throw out of employment ten peo¬
ple, besides the chief, at present, and
will result in depriving fully 150 more
of occupation during the busy season
•—the winter months—when it is cus-
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY. GA.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 3, 1895.
.binary to send out the Lu'in U the
K<*rd«. The chief has a sala-nd
000 a year. There are two »>. v 8 ft t
$l,2'jp ioret- and ployed eight at §840. Thu extra
*m in the winter season
is paii' at the rate of $1.50 per
day. It is probable that Mr. Fagan
"ill be a; »>-utt< T to another branch
“
' •!!. ! > for the Bounty.
Senator Btuucb«r.I and S> nator Cuf
ferv aud Representative Moyers, of
Louisiana, hud an extended confer
once with Attorney General Harmon,
I’tinr-day morning, on the l.iea ! aspect
of the cases of the sugar bounty claims
now pending before Comptroller Bowl¬
er, of the treasury department. It is
said that the matter of claims to sugar
bounty aggregates only about 140,
while the amount of the claims
is $5,000,000. Blanchard and
C'tffery will go to Gray Ga
b us *° discuss tho subject with the
l’ rcs! . d«R- The hearing of the
‘' ase 18 set for Au K« st ,th > and unless
Comptroller Bowler announces his do
clslon > no one > of course, knows what
ll b «< bn ‘ the impression is strong
m olheial circles that the whole ques¬
tion of the payment of these bounty
claims will find its way into the courts
for settlement. These claims should
not be confused with the beet
sugar claims, amounting to only $238,
000, although it was upon the pay ment
of the latter that Mr. Bowler original¬
ly based bis determination to hear ar¬
gument.
Warnings to be Sent Farmers.
Professor Moore, chief of the weath¬
er bureau at the capitol, has issued
a new order to officials of the service,
impressing upon them the importance
of giving special attention to those
agricultural, commercial and other
property interests in their localities
that are to bo injuriously affected by
any unusually severe weather condi¬
tions, such as cold waves, frosts, heavy
rains or snows, violent wind¬
storms, etc., to the end that
those interests may be protected
as far as possible by timely warn¬
ing of the expected occurrence of the
conditions mentioned. The order pro¬
vides how this information shall be
disseminated and places much of the
work at the discretion of tho local
official. Warnings are thus to be sent
to railroad official, telegraph compa¬
nies and every other interest that will
spread the news of the impending
changes in the weather sufficiently
severe as to demand the immediate at¬
tention of the public. The object is
to bring the service up to the degree
of efficiency whoro it shall not only
predict the weather, but afford some
practical results for the commercial
and agricultural interests by letting
them know of critical changes in time
to protect property.
DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Texas Man Slays Wife, Baby and
Self.
Henry Bradshaw, residing near Pet
ty, ^ Texas, shot and killed both his
and ]ittle child Saturday and
aftenyards committed suicide.
Bradshaw was temporarily insane, it
ifj thought, f rom a delirious attack of
“ shot « UQ and stole u P on his wife who
Tword°of warninTlio® f
wdliout e pulled 1
xt the trigger, . • emptying , . the contents , . of «
“ /
one ba el Mrs. Bradshaw fell mor
tally / wounded with a hole torn through fc
he bod ^ three inches acrofis< T e
wjfe mu crer then hurried to the
diui wbero fa . mi b if]
engagmg 111 frohok80me P la y- „ Wlth T n
unerring * aim he shot her down as she
^ inn cen% runnjng toward Lim .
mi ™ A ___ P
tl0 .- ? 8 ‘ b e« , k «ll ,, lay , around , the
, room
andthewallsandceihngworebespat
tered with brains.
This last act may have brought him
partially to his senses, for he then
sought another room for a supply of
ammunition. Having carefully loaded
the guu, he placed the muzzle just un¬
der his nose and with his toes pulled
both triggers. Tho double load blew
his head from his body.
A still younger child was apparently
undisturbed. No motive except tem¬
porary insanity can be assigned. Brad¬
shaw enjoyed the best of reputations
and the entire section near Petty is
horror-stricken.
BIG STRIKE IMMINENT.
Miners Will Go Out If Wages aro Not
Advanced.
Secretary Patrick McBryde, of the
United Mine Workers of America,
says if the demand at Pittsburg, Pa.,
for an advance of wages August 1st is
not conceded a strike will be the re¬
sult.
He has received letters from differ¬
ent places requesting that a national
suspension be ordered. The Indiana
miners are out. He says if the Pitts¬
burg operators grant the advanoe
August 1st a similar advanoe will be
granted in Ohio and Indiana.
If the advance is not conceded and a
strike is ordered in Pennsylvania, there
can be no question that it will extend
to Ohio, and for his own part, says
McBryde, he sees nothing of the call¬
ing of the different state officials to¬
gether and the ordering of a general
stoppage of work.
“Tell the Truth.”
ALL, AFTER HOLMES.
Many and Various Cities Want Him
for Alleged Murders.
A Philadelphia special says: District
Attorney Graham has not as yet form¬
ulated a definite plan for the prosecu¬
tion of H. II. Holmes, the life insur¬
ance conspirator and alleged multi¬
murderer, in this oity or elsewhere.
That Holmes will be, at no remote
date, arraigned upon the charge of
killing one or more of his alleged vio
tims is without doubt, and the only
hitch in the proceedings is the uncer¬
tainty of the district attorney and
special counsel for the prosecution,
Barlow, in determining whether ho
can be tried here or at Toronto or at
Chicago with the safest possibility of
securing a conviction. •
Tuesday’s developments indicate
that Holmes will not be turned over
to the Chicago authorities on the
charges of killing the Williams and
Connor women, but that the case, as
viewed from its present aspect', is now
safe in the hands of the legal authori¬
ties in Canada, and that it is fair to
presume that his conviction there can
be secured.
District Attorney Graham stated
that he had heard from Detectivo
Geyer, in Detroit, and that officer in¬
formed him that there were slim hopes
of finding the missing Howard Pietzel
in that city, although the search would
bo continued until further orders had
been issued.
The district attorney denied that
the. Chicago authorities had asked foi
Holmes’ extradition on the charges of
killing the Williams and Connor wo¬
men. He did not think that the case
there was as good a one against the
mail as it would be at Toronto.
‘‘If a requisition for Holmes is made
by the Chicago authorities, will you
agree to allow him to bo taken there
for trial?” was asked.
“I hardly expect that a requisition
will be made,” replied Mr. Graham,
“but, in the event of a request, we
will take steps to prevent Holmes’ go¬
ing there, at least until the cases in
Philadelphia and in Canada against
him are disposed of. New develop¬
ments may crop out at Detroit, and it
may be that Michigan will want the
man.”
Known In Macon, Ga.
The Macon Telegraph says the Wil¬
liams girls who it is thought were mur
deled by Holmes, were known to r»
number of Macon people and had vis¬
ited thero. The paper says “they
were nieces of Rev. W. C. Black, who
was at one time pastor of the Mulber¬
ry street church, and is now editor of
the New Orleans Christian Advocate.
“Tho Williams girls were reared not
far from Meridian, Miss., and when
nearly of ago went to visit an aunt at
Port Worth, Texas. Holmes was thero
at tho time as agent for some lifo in¬
surance company, and discovered the
fact that the girls would at majority
come into the possession of about $30,
000 apiece paid court to them.
“Minnie Williams, the elder of the
girls, fell a victim to Holmes’ charms
and a clandestine marriage was tho re¬
sult. Minnie went to Chicago to live
with Holmes, and Annie, the younger
sister, who was a stenographer, was
induced to go to that city and reside
with them on tho promise of Holmes
to secure her a good position. The
girls then disappeared.
“Holmes gave out the story that his
wife had killed Annie while in a jeal¬
ous rage and that he had sent her to
Europe to keep her from being arrest¬
ed and that she died while sojourning
there. Holmes immediately put in a
claim for the fortune of both girls,
claiming that as Annie had died first
he inherited the entire estate through
his wife.
“Dr. Black never credited the story
that Minnie had murdered her sister
and had been sent fo Europe for pro¬
tection, and ho has spent much money
and time investigating tho matter.”
DROWNBD LIKE itATS.
Over a Hundred Soldiers Perish in a
Railroad Accident.
A frightful accident, in which 140
soldiers perished, has occurred on the
railroad running from Kobe to Osaka,
Japan. A train of twenty-three ears
was conveying Kobe 400 Japanese
soldiers who wore returning from
China, where they had • taken
part in the military opera¬
tions. A heavy storm was raging, and
as the train was running along the sea
wall, on which the tracks are laid, an
immense sea leaped over the wall, sep¬
arating the train and derailing the en¬
gine and eleven cars, which plunged
off the wall into tho bay. Most of the
men iu them were drowned like rata in a
trap. The accident occurred about 1
o’clock in the morning and the night
was pitch dark. The sea was running
so high that it was impossible to ren¬
der any assistance to the men in the
cars that had gone overboard, even
had means been at hand to do so.
Some of the men, who managed to get
out of the cars, were dashed to death
against the wall.
Advance in Wages.
'I he puddlers of the Glasgow Tron
Company at Potlstown,Pa. ( have been
notified of nn advance in their wages
from $2.50 to $2.75 a ton, to go into
effect at once. This makes tbe second
alvance there in a few weeks.
A MULTI-MURDEREi
EVIDENCE IS ACCUMULATING
AGAINST THE MAN HOLMES.
Bones of Human Skeletons Found
Hidden in Ills House.
A Chicago special says: Not so
sensational a find aB that of Wednes¬
day was made by the men digging in
the basement of the Holmes building
Thursday, but it was one which may
go much farther towards securing the
conviction of the murderer. One of
the workmen found in a pile of rubbish
a letter signed “H. H. Howard,” aud
dated May 5, 1895. The signature is
one of the many aliases used by
Holmes and one of the commonest of
the lot. This letter is in his well
known handwriting and is addressed to
an occupant of the building whom the
detective who took possession of the
letter before the reporters could get
hold of it refused to name. It is be¬
lieved, however, that the letter is to G.
E. Davis, the jeweler who oocupiestha
building with Druggist Robinson.
The letter inquires particularly as tc
the doing of Janitor Quinlan, and asks
where he now is. It then goes on in a
jooular manner to discuss the late of
the Williams girls, and asks of the re.
eipient whether he has seen them oi
their ghosts about the building. Spec¬
ial inquiry is made as to the partitions
in the house, and in conclusion the
writer expresses tho belief that he will
not have to stay in jail much longer.
It was aff first reported that two letters
had been found, but Detective Norton,
who has charge of the material found
in the cellar, denies that this is so. He
declares that the two supposed 'etters
were only parts of the same letter.
A new accusation now rests against
Holmes that he made away with Miss
Cigrands, with whom he lived in the
house at Sixty-third and Wallace
streets just before he had the Williams
girls thero. The neighbors remembei
little of the girl, not even her firs!
name. She was a stately looking
blond, about twenty-five years of age,
and lived with'Holmos something less
than six months. When she went
away Holmes told Jeweler Davie,
af. live letter, claims, that ho hud
sueeeededggW It will IwP*remembered “marrying her that off.” this
is very much like what he told con¬
cerning the disappearance of Mrs.
Connor. He said at tho time that he
had married her off in California.
Miss Cigrand came to Chicago from
Indiana. She associated but little
with tho neighbors and even the other
inmates of the building were in¬
complete ignorance concerning her
habits. Holmes was not ofton
seen with her and on those
occasions he kept aloof from his ac¬
quaintances and introduced her to no
one. Mrs. W. L. Doyle, of 747 Sixty
third street, knows more about this
girl than anybody else, it is believed,
but the Central station officers will not
permit her to talk about the case.
The building in which Holmes’ Chi¬
cago crimes wore probably concocted
and accomplished will not be pulled
down. P. R. Chandler, a broker who
holds a mortgages on it for $12,000 ad¬
vanced to Holmes with which to
build, was told by the building inspec¬
tors that all that was necessary was to
improve the upper portion. This
will bo doDe and nn order of fore¬
closure has already been secured
from the court and an order will
be asked for allowing the im¬
provements to be put on. The prop¬
erty is now worth $40,000. Besides
the principal thero is $4,000 bank in¬
terest and taxes duo on it.
A few more bones were found Thurs¬
day in the same hole in which those
were taken the day before. They wore
the vertebrae and a portion of a hu¬
man shouldor blade. The force of men
has been doubled, and the work is
progressing much faster.
The belief is gaining ground that
Holmes’ wife, who lives at the suburb
of Williamette, kuows more of the
crimes of her husband than she cares
to tell. It is probable that she will be
nut in the sweat box.
M1LLIKKN ARRESTED
On a Warrant Sworn Out by Judge
Phillips of Washington.
A private dispatch received from
LaGrange, Tenn., announces the ar¬
rest there Saturday morniDg of Ben¬
jamin Harrison Milliken, private S(!C
retary to Senator Harris, of Tennes¬
see, who was indicted by the grand
jury at Washington sworn out by
Judge Phillips, charging him with
housebreaking an* attempting assault
on his daughter, Mies Fertrude Phil¬
lips, on the night of July 4th last.
A General Strike Decided Upon.
The miners of tbe Marquette,Midi.,
range who are out on a strike, held a
mass meeting at Negaunee Tuesday
and dscided to make the strike general.
Threo thousand men aro already out,
aud if the striko becomes general it
will involve over 5,000 men. So far
there has been no violence,but trouble
is feared from a body of strikers now
on the way to the Buffalo mine, where
the men are still at work.
$1 a Year jLn. Advance
MORE HOLMES HORRORS.
A Certainty that Four People Were
Killed In His Castle.
A Chicago special says: Unmistak¬
able evidence of murder at the Holmes
castle, in Englewood, was placed in the
hands of Inspector Fitzpatrick Satur¬
day. That at least four people have
been cruelly murdered in this chamber
of horrors is now a practical certainty.
The skeleton of one of Holmes’ vic¬
tims, supposedly that of Mrs. Julia
Connors, is now in the inspector’s office
in the city hall. The other skeletons
which came from the same place, will
also be placed in his possession. A
fourth body has been traced to Phila¬
delphia and its recipient there will be
no doubt discovered in the course of a
few days.
The man who produced this start¬
ling evidence was closeted with the
inspector and Detectives Norton and
Fitzpatrick from 6 till 9 o’clock Sat¬
urday night. The inspector declined
to make his name known at present,
for the reason that it would handicap
his further investigations.
This man’s story is that he first met
Holmes in response to an advertise¬
ment which appeared in a daily news¬
paper for a machinist. This was in
the summer of 1892. He worked for
Holmes in that oapacity for several
months
A VERDICT FOR MASSEY.
The Suit Against the Norfolk Pilot
Brought to a Close.
A Norfolk special says: The jury in
the case of John E. Massey, state su¬
perintendent of public instruction,
against- the Norfolk Pilot and others
for libel, rendered a verdict Saturday
afternoon giving Mr. Massey $1,000
damages against the Pilot Publishing
company, Samuel W. Small and R. E.
Byrd. Tho jury, before leaving their
room, took a pledge not to divulge
tho individual standing of the body,
so nothing is known of how they stood,
except that ten of the members were
for heavy damages ranging ub high as
$30,000, one was for giving Mr. Mas¬
sey 1 cent and the other was for the
defense.
Judge Heath, of counsel for defense,
moved to set aside the verdict, which
was refused by Judge Prentis. It is
said that the defense will not take an
appeal.
Mr. Massoy’s attorneys appear to be
satisfied. Ore of them said that so far
as the matter of money was concerned
that $1,000 was as good as $16,000,
and that all Mr. Massey really desired
was vindication before the country.
ONLY A WILD RUMOR.
Indians Have Not Massacred the
Whites at Jackson’s Hole.
A special from Salt Lake City says:
The wild rumors received Friday that
a massaore of whites had occurred at
Jackson’s Hole appear to be without
foundation in fact, and tho special
dispatch received at an early hour
Saturday morning from Market Lake
saying that all was quiet at Jackson’s
Hole and that no fighting had occurred
has since been confirmed.
The fact is, the settlers are well
armed and strongly entrenched, and
can, if necessary, hold out until the
soldiers arrive. Three hundred In¬
dians are encamped on the ground
where their fellows were killed a week
ago and are hungry for ven
geance. There are considerable
bodies of Indians scatted all over the
Teton basin, and the signal fires for
their assembling are burning. They
are, however, short of ammunition and
it is doubtful if they can obtain any
through the passes, as they are guard¬
ed as far as possible by the whites and
have strong fortifications at the month
of Trail Creek Canyon.
CHAMPION CORBETT HURT.
He Is Badly Bruised in a Bicycle
Collision.
Jim Corbett was seriously hurt in a
bicycle race at Asbury Park, N. J.,
■while practicing at the Athletic
grounds for his race at Manhattan
Beach with Bob Fitzsimmons. He was
spinning around the track at a 2:30 gait,
paced by a stranger, whose name he
does not know. Behind Corbett was
his brother Joe. The stranger fell,
Corbett went over him, aud Joe tum¬
bled over both. The champion was
badly bruised, aud is unable to raise
his right arm. His leg was cut from
the hip down, and it is necessary to
support him when he walks about.
Tho accident will prevent Corbett from
racing with Fitzsimmons. The wheel
he was riding was a gift from Zimmer¬
man, who won over one hundred races
on it while abroad.
THE OLD TRUST KNOCKED OUT.
f he Last Spark of Life Extinguished
by Judge Sliowalter.
The last remnant of life of the old
whisky trust was, upon motion of Levy
Mayer, counsel for the reorganization
committee, extinguished by an order
entered in the United States court at
Chicago by Judge Showalter at noon
Wednesday. The order is a final de¬
cree and will have the effect of wind¬
ing up the affairs and business of the
old company, * It makes tho receiver¬
ship of General McNulta permanent
and final, and directs him to sell as
speedily as possible the remainder of
the property not already sold.
NUMBER 27.
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missonri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal card or let¬
ter stating where you are going,
when you are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap fanning lands in Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
(HIARLES N. KIM,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections and
criminal practice.
Y, K. WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
L, HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will praetiee in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
J # S. EANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
McNELLY & HEARTSILL,
iUL
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
rpiIOMAS J. BRYANT,
Liyery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of tho patronage.
Ylf 0 W - ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in eaoh month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
We have Money to Loan at 6 per cent,
On farm or city property in any seo
tion of country where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready fur
immediate loans where security and
title is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN & OO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. Y,